Birds of Jamaica
213 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
White-chinned ThrushTurdus aurantius
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus
Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatus
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Red-billed StreamertailTrochilus polytmus
OrangequitEuneornis campestris
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Jamaican OrioleIcterus leucopteryx
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Jamaican SpindalisSpindalis nigricephala
Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaica
Zenaida DoveZenaida auritaMost recorded
Jamaican VireoVireo modestus
Sad FlycatcherMyiarchus barbirostris
White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana
Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima
Jamaican TodyTodus todus
Greater Antillean BullfinchMelopyrrha violacea
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger
Caribbean DoveLeptotila jamaicensisHotspots with the most records
- Font Hill Nature PreserveSaint Elizabeth Parish171 species
- Ecclesdown RoadPortland Parish125 species
- Green Castle EstateSaint Mary Parish150 species
- Hope Botanical GardensSaint Andrew Parish127 species
- Rocklands Bird SanctuarySaint James Parish130 species
- Blue Mountains NP – Hardwar GapSaint Andrew Parish104 species
- Marshalls PenManchester Parish111 species
- Stewart TownTrelawny Parish96 species
- Blue Mountains NP – Starlight ChaletSaint Andrew Parish87 species
- Mockingbird Hill HotelPortland Parish122 species
- San San Police Station RoadPortland Parish92 species
- Blue Mountains NP – Silver Hill GapPortland Parish97 species
All 15 hotspots
- Montego Bay Sewage PondsSaint James Parish128 species
- Blue Mountains NP – Hardwar Gap to Silver Hill GapPortland Parish99 species
- Robins BaySaint Mary Parish121 species
All species recorded · 213
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango
- Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima
- Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus
- Black-billed Streamertail Trochilus scitulus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis
- Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea
- Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Jamaican Owl Asio grammicus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Jamaican Tody Todus todus
- Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis
- Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria
- Yellow-naped Amazon Amazona auropalliata
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta
- Blue Mountain Elaenia Elaenia fallax
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus
- Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus
- Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus
- Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius
- White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Orangequit Euneornis campestris
- Greater Antillean Bullfinch Melopyrrha violacea
- Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola